India – Israel relations doesn’t hamper India’s relations with Palestine |ForumIAS

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Context

India’s relations with Israel should not come at the “expense of ties” with Palestine in respect to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel.
India is trying to manage its own balance in the region, and making a separation between these ties as well.

Visit to Tel Aviv

From July 4^th, Mr. Modi will be travelling to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel.
Unlike President Mukherjee, and three External Affairs Ministers Jaswant Singh (2000), S.M. Krishna (2012) and Sushma Swaraj (2016), Mr. Modi will not pay a visit to the Palestinian side.
Instead, the government had hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Delhi in May this year.
President Mahmoud signed several agreements on development assistance, and backing Palestine’s claim to a “two-state solution” in Delhi during his visit.